Psychology

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Decks in this class (97)

Conformity - Types and Explanations
Define conformity 1,
Define internalisation 2,
Define identification 3
9  cards
Conformity - Asch's Research
Who were the participants asch us...,
How many confederates were in eac...,
What lines did asch use to test t...
16  cards
Conformity to Social Roles - Zimbardo
What participants did zimbardo use 1,
What roles where there and how we...,
Where was the experiment held 3
13  cards
Explanations for Obedience - Milgram
Define obedience 1,
Who were milgram s p s 2,
How were the p s given their role...
13  cards
Situational Explanations for Obedience
Explain agentic state 1,
Explain autonomous state 2,
Explain agentic shift 3
6  cards
Situational Variables affecting obedience
What percentage obeyed when the t...,
What percentage obeyed when exper...,
What percentage obeyed when the t...
4  cards
Dispositional explanations for obedience
What is an authoritarian personal...,
What is an internal locus of cont...,
What is used to test someone for ...
5  cards
Resistance to social influence
Is social support situational or ...,
Is locus of control situational o...,
Define resistance to social influ...
19  cards
Minority Influence
What is minority influence 1,
What affects the effectiveness of...,
How can minority ensure consisten...
21  cards
Origins of Psychology (Paper 2)
What three factors must something...,
How do you ensure procedures are ...,
How do you ensure objectivity 3
14  cards
Learning theories, behaviourist approach - classical conditioning (paper 2)
What is the behaviourist approach...,
How is the behaviourist approach ...,
What do behaviourists believe abo...
13  cards
Learning theories, behaviourist approach - operant conditioning (paper 2)
What does operant conditioning st...,
What did skinner believe about le...,
What is positive reinforcement 3
10  cards
Memory Basics
Explain research for coding 1,
Ao3 of research into encoding 2,
Explain research for capacity 3
6  cards
The Multi - Store Model of Memory
Give an overview of the sensory r...,
Give an overview of the stm 2,
Give an overview of the ltm 3
8  cards
The Working Memory Model
What does the phonological loop p...,
What does the central executive c...,
What are the subsections of the p...
20  cards
Types of long-term memory
What are the three types of ltm 1,
What do episodic memories consist...,
What do semantic memories consist...
24  cards
SLT approach and Banduras Bobo Doll Study (Paper 2)
What is meant by social context 1,
What is meant by vicarious reinfo...,
What is meant by mediating cognit...
18  cards
Theories of forgetting (Interference and Retrieval Failure)
Define interference 1,
What is proactive interference 2,
What is retroactive interference 3
22  cards
Eyewitness Testimony
Give examples of misleading infor...,
What is meant by leading questions 2,
What is meant by post event discu...
24  cards
Anxiety in eyewitness testimony
What is the negative effect of an...,
How does does anxiety cause a neg...,
What is the tunnel theory 3
15  cards
The cognitive interview
What are the 4 steps of the cogni...,
What does the enhanced cognitive ...,
What did fischer and geiselman do 3
11  cards
The cognitive approach (Paper 2)
What do cognitive psychologists s...,
How do cognitive psychologists st...,
How do cognitive psychologists ex...
11  cards
The biological approach (Paper 2)
What does it mean if a two zygote...,
What does it mean if a two zygote...,
What does the biological approach...
16  cards
The Psychodynamic Approach (Paper 2)
How does freud s psychodynamics e...,
What does psycho mean 2,
What does dynamic mean 3
44  cards
Caregiver - infant interactions in humans
What is reciprocity 1,
What are alert phases 2,
What is meant by active not passi...
17  cards
Stages of Attachment
What are the 4 stages of attachme...,
When does the asocial stage occur 2,
What occurs during the asocial st...
21  cards
The Humanistic Approach (Paper 2)
Why do humanists reject the scien...,
What do humanists believe our beh...,
What does the humanistic approach...
29  cards
Role of the father in attachment
How is heteronormativity relevant...,
What of babies have a sole primar...,
What percent of cases was the fat...
14  cards
Comparing Approaches (Paper 2)
Why are behaviourists seen as hig...,
What type of research methods do ...,
How is slt research conducted 3
44  cards
Animal Studies of Attachment
What are certain animals such as ...,
What did lorenz term the process ...,
What was lorenz s procedure 3
18  cards
Learning theory of attachment
What is the process of the primar...,
How does operant conditioning wor...,
How does operant conditioning wor...
14  cards
Ainsworth's Strange Situation - Types of Attachment
What were mary ainsworth and sylv...,
What did ainsworth develop to stu...,
How was the strange situation a s...
20  cards
Bowlby's Monotropic Theory of Attachment
What is bowlby s monotropic theor...,
What does monotropy suggest 2,
What are social releasers 3
29  cards
Cultural variation in attachment
Describe individualist cultures i...,
Describe collectivist cultures in...,
How many studies did van ijzendoo...
25  cards
Bowlby's theory of maternal deprivation
What was bowlby s maternal depriv...,
What did bowlby believe about emo...,
What did bowlby believe about sep...
13  cards
Influence of early attachment
What does a bad attachment result...,
What is the impact of early attac...,
Who were myron wilson s p s in hi...
12  cards
Romanian Orphan studies into attachment
What did the institutionalisation...,
What is institutionalisation 2,
Describe the procedure of rutter ...
13  cards
Types of experiment (Paper 2)
What are laboratory experiments r...,
What is used to control environme...,
How is the iv manipulated in a la...
26  cards
Sampling (Paper 2)
What is meant by the target popul...,
Can the entire target population ...,
Since the entire target populatio...
28  cards
Aims, Variables and Hypothesis (Paper 2)
What is the aim of a study 1,
How does the researcher develop t...,
What is a hypothesis 3
12  cards
Definitions of abnormality
What are statistical norms 1,
Give an example of statistical in...,
How does statistical infrequency ...
35  cards
Phobias
What are all phobias characterise...,
What are the different categories...,
What comes under the category of ...
16  cards
Phobia Treatment - Flooding
What is flooding 1,
Is flooding a slow or fast process 2,
Why is it important to prepare th...
12  cards
Phobia Treatment - Systematic desensitisation
What is sd based on 1,
Why may phobics never learn the i...,
How does sd work 3
13  cards
OCD Characteristics
What constitutes ocd 1,
Give a behavioural characteristic...,
Give an emotional characteristic ...
9  cards
OCD explanations
What are the 2 biological explana...,
What is meant by genetic vulnerab...,
What is meant by ocd being polyge...
17  cards
OCD Treatment
What do antidepressants do 1,
What do ssris do 2,
What is combination treatment 3
12  cards
The cognitive explanations for depression
What are the dsm 5 s categories o...,
List the behavioural characterist...,
Emotional characteristics of depr...
15  cards
Experimental design (Paper 2)
Explain independent groups 1,
Explain repeated measures 2,
Explain matched pairs 3
13  cards
Research Issues (Paper 2)
Define extraneous variables 1,
Define confounding variables 2,
Define demand characteristics 3
10  cards
Self - Report Techniques (Paper 2)
What are the self report techniqu...,
Define questionnaires 2,
Whats the difference between open...
27  cards
The nervous system (paper 2)
What are the 2 main divisions of ...,
What does the cns consist of 2,
What occurs in the cns 3
31  cards
The Endocrine System (Paper 2)
What are glands 1,
What are hormones 2,
What is the function of the endoc...
12  cards
Neurons (Paper 2)
Where is the genetic material of ...,
What extends out from the cell bo...,
What do dendrites do 3
16  cards
Synaptic transmission (Paper 2)
Define synapse 1,
Define neurotransmitters 2,
What do we call the electrical me...
17  cards
Descriptive Statistics (Paper 2)
Which is the most sensitive of th...,
Which measure of central tendency...,
Give 2 features of the mode measu...
11  cards
Display of quantitative data - graphs (paper 2)
What is a raw data table 1,
What is a frequency table 2,
What do tables of descriptive sta...
19  cards
Peer Review (Paper 2)
Give the statistical tests table 1,
What is stage 1 of a peer review 2,
What is stage 2 of a peer review 3
10  cards
Psychology and the economy (paper 2)
What s the definition of economy 1,
How do psychological theories tie...,
How do psychological theories imp...
11  cards
Reporting psychological investigations (Paper 2)
What is an abstract 1,
What do abstracts generally inclu...,
Give a benefit of abstracts 3
18  cards
Reliability (Paper 2)
What is the rhyme about reliabili...,
What is reliability 2,
What is external reliability 3
14  cards
Validity (Paper 2)
What is validity 1,
What is internal validity 2,
What causes a lack in internal va...
19  cards
Localisation of function (Paper 2)
What is meant by localised 1,
What is it called when certain br...,
What half of the brain are broca ...
34  cards
Schizophrenia - Classification (Paper 3)
What 2 books are used to identify...,
What is required for someone to b...,
What percentage of the population...
14  cards
Reliability + Validity in diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia (paper 3)
What is meant by reliability in d...,
What is meant by validity in diag...,
Define co morbidity 3
25  cards
Split Brain Research (Paper 2)
What is hemispheric lateralisation 1,
Is language lateralised or locali...,
Which hemisphere is both broca s ...
15  cards
Plasticity and Functional Recovery (Paper 2)
What is meant by the brain being ...,
What happens to synaptic connecti...,
What occurs with synaptic connect...
17  cards
Ways of studying the brain (paper 2)
What is temporal resolution 1,
What is spatial resolution 2,
What is post mortem 3
21  cards
Schizophrenia - Biological explanations (Paper 3)
What are the 2 biological explana...,
What explains schizophrenia when ...,
Is schizophrenia heritable 3
18  cards
Circadian Rhythms (Paper 2)
What are biological rhythms 1,
What are circadian rhythms 2,
What are endogenous pacemakers 3
21  cards
Schizophrenia - Psychological explanations (Paper 3)
What are the two psychological ex...,
How can family dysfunction lead t...,
Describe reichmann s 1948 psychod...
25  cards
Schizophrenia - Biological Therapy (Paper 3)
What are antipsychotics 1,
How are antipsychotics taken 1,
What are typical antipsychotics 2
19  cards
Infradian and Ultradian Rhythms (Paper 2)
What is an infradian rhythm 1,
What is the endogenous control of...,
How often does the menstrual cycl...
19  cards
Schizophrenia - Psychological Treatment (Paper 3)
What are the aims of cbt for sz 1,
How does cbt help those with sz 2,
How is cbt set up for someone wit...
16  cards
Relationships - Evolutionary Explanations (Paper 3)
What is meant by anisogamy 1,
What are male gametes referred to...,
What are female gametes referred ...
17  cards
Schizophrenia - Management of Sz (Paper 3)
What are token economies 1,
Whats involved in a token economy 2,
Describe what ayllon and azrin 19...
13  cards
Interactionist approach - schizophrenia (paper 3)
What is meant by the diathesis st...,
What does diathesis mean 2,
What does stress mean in this con...
9  cards
Relationships - Factors affecting attraction - Physical Attractiveness (paper 3)
What are the 3 factors affecting ...,
What are the 3 parts of physical ...,
Give the quote to describe the ha...
14  cards
Relationships - Self Disclosure (Paper 3)
What does self disclosure do 1,
Describe social penetration theory 2,
What is meant by breadth and dept...
13  cards
Relationships - Filter Theory (Paper 3)
Describe what kerckhoff and davis...,
What is filter 1 called 2,
What is meant by social demography 3
11  cards
IAD - Gender and Culture Bias (Paper 3)
Define universality 1,
Define gender bias 2,
Define alpha bias 3
21  cards
IAD - Free Will vs Determinism (paper 3)
What type of explanations does ps...,
What are casual explanations 2,
What are casual explanations vali...
19  cards
IAD - Nature, Nurture Debate (paper 3)
What is the nature nurture argume...,
How do biological psychologists i...,
How do behaviourists include biol...
10  cards
Relationships - Social Exchange Theory (Paper 3)
Describe the minmax principle 1,
What are the rewards and costs in...,
What is comparison level cl 3
10  cards
IAD - Holism vs Reductionism (Paper 3)
What is biological reductionism 1,
What is environmental reductionis...,
What is machine reductionism cogn...
12  cards
IAD - Idiographic and nomothetic (paper 3)
What is an idiographic approach 1,
How is the idiographic approach s...,
Give examples of an idiographic a...
14  cards
Forensics - Offender Profiling (Paper 3)
What is offender profiling 1,
Why can offender profiling work 2,
How do profilers narrow down pote...
37  cards
Forensics - Biological Explanations of Offending Behaviour (Paper 3)
What were older explanations of c...,
What is meant by atavistic form 2,
How did lombroso suggest criminal...
26  cards
Forensics - Eysenck + Cognitive: Psychological Explanations (Paper 3)
What are the 3 dimensions that fo...,
Describe the biological basis of ...,
What dimensions did eysneck sugge...
31  cards
Relationships - Rusbult's Investment Model (Paper 3)
What are the 3 categories that co...,
What does the commitment level ca...,
What is meant by satisfaction lev...
13  cards
Forensics - Differential Association + Psychodynamic: Psychological Explanations (Paper 3)
How did sutherland explain crimin...,
What is meant by socialisation di...,
What is meant by differential ass...
30  cards
Forensics - Dealing with offenders: Custodial Sentencing + Behaviour Modification (Paper 3)
What are the aims of custodial se...,
What is deterrence custodial sent...,
What is incapacitation custodial ...
24  cards
Forensics - Dealing with offenders: Anger Management + Restorative Justice (Paper 3)
What does anger management use to...,
What do anger management programs...,
What are the 3 techniques offende...
19  cards
Relationships - Equity Theory (Paper 3)
What is meant by equity in a rela...,
What is a lack of equity characte...,
Do rewards and costs have to be t...
15  cards
Relationships - Duck's phase model of relationship breakdown (Paper 3)
List ducks stages of dissolution ...,
What happens during the intrapsyc...,
What happens during dyadic stage 3
13  cards
Relationships - Virtual Relationship (Paper 3)
Why is self disclosure sd differe...,
What does easier sd result in in ...,
Describe sproull s 1986 reduced c...
15  cards
Relationships - Parasocial Relationships (Paper 3)
What is a parasocial relationship 1,
What does the absorption addictio...,
Why do people develop pr s 3
15  cards

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